Manchester-London routing help
Unfortunately one of those annoying routing questions, but I'd
appreciate some help. I'll be going to Manchester in a few weekends from now, and I'll be provided with an open return ticket. On my way back to London, I'd like to make a detour to Ledbury, stay there overnight, and head back to London the following day. I've trawled through some of the routing guide, and it looks as though a possible cheap option would be to travel from Manchester to Birmingham, buy a new ticket (a Saver Return presumably) to Ledbury, and go back to Birmingham the next day to pick up a train to London using my previous open return ticket. Does this sound feasible? I did wonder whether I could go Birmingham-Ledbury then Ledbury-Oxford and pick up a permitted route on my Manchester ticket again, but apparently not - Oxford doesn't seem to be a permitted route for Manchester-London. Surprisingly neither does High Wycombe - but maybe I've misunderstood the guide. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
Manchester-London routing help
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Dave Arquati typed: Unfortunately one of those annoying routing questions, but I'd appreciate some help. I'll be going to Manchester in a few weekends from now, and I'll be provided with an open return ticket. On my way back to London, I'd like to make a detour to Ledbury, stay there overnight, and head back to London the following day. I've trawled through some of the routing guide, and it looks as though a possible cheap option would be to travel from Manchester to Birmingham, buy a new ticket (a Saver Return presumably) to Ledbury, and go back to Birmingham the next day to pick up a train to London using my previous open return ticket. Does this sound feasible? No reason against it. I did wonder whether I could go Birmingham-Ledbury then Ledbury-Oxford and pick up a permitted route on my Manchester ticket again, but apparently not - Oxford doesn't seem to be a permitted route for Manchester-London. Surprisingly neither does High Wycombe - but maybe I've misunderstood the guide. I don't think you have misunderstood anything. From Birmignham, you would have to travel via Coventry and Milton Keynes. -- Bob |
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